Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

MARITIME TRANSPORT AND OFFSHORE FACILITIES SECURITY ACT 2003 - SECT 17

             (1)  A ship is a regulated foreign ship if the ship:

                     (a)  is a foreign ship; and

                     (b)  is one of the following:

                              (i)  a passenger ship;

                             (ii)  a cargo ship of 500 gross tonnage or more;

                            (iii)  a mobile offshore drilling unit (other than a unit that is attached to the seabed);

                            (iv)  a ship of a kind prescribed in the regulations; and

                     (c)  is in Australian waters; and

                     (d)  is in, or is intending to proceed to, a port in Australia.

             (2)  However, the following ships are not regulated foreign ships :

                     (a)  a foreign ship regulated as an offshore facility;

                     (b)  a ship of a kind prescribed by the regulations.

             (3)  In this Act, a foreign ship regulated as an offshore facility means a FPSO or FSU that is:

                     (a)  a foreign ship; and

                     (b)  either a security regulated offshore facility or part of a security regulated offshore facility.

Note:          A FPSO or FSU is both a ship and an offshore facility. As it is an offshore facility, the Secretary may declare it to be a security regulated offshore facility. If this happens, the ship ceases to be a security regulated ship.